affodill

English

Noun

affodill (plural affodills)

1. (obsolete) daffodil
   • 1668, Gervase Markham, A Way to Get Wealth:

     For the Dropsie, take Agnus castus, Fennel, Affodil, dark Wall-wort, Lupins and Wormwood, of each a handfull, and boyl them in a gallon of white Wine until a fourth part be consumed […]

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “affodill”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• affadill, affadille, affadyl, affadyll, affodal, affodille, affodyll, affodylle

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafɔdil/, /ˈafədil/

Noun

affodill (plural affodilles)

1. ramsons (Allium ursinum)

   Synonyms: ramese, ramson

Descendants

• English: daffodil (obsolete affodill)
• Scots: daffodil

References

• “affodil, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.